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"Well I had leased the old land fill from Lockwood Investments to dump clean fill dirt to cap over the land fill," Dianda said. "Then as I looked at it, this was kind of in the heydays, I figured I'll just create open storage."
There was also a motocross track on the property at the time but that venture didn't work out. Other plans were soon in the works.
"John Harrah had worked out a deal to have kind of a small track to test his trucks for Speed Technologies. We expanded that and it wasn't a big deal but basically it was never an open race track," Dianda said.
Then things really started happening.
"Along the way Lucas Oil was talked to, they came up, looked at it and said, 'could you build a one plus mile track?' Forest Lucas and his management team that was involved in truck racing came up and asked what can we do," Dianda said. "So we kind of pointed our fingers and walked around and basically struck a deal but we had about four months from the day we made the decision we were going ahead and put a race track in until race day."
The deal was struck in April 2011 with the first racing event scheduled for August. Not much time to complete what had to be done.
"So I went to the county, got a hold of the county manager and asked her to get everybody at a single meeting where we could talk about trying to get something done to put a race track in," Dianda said. "So anyway we did and explained to them we didn't have a lot of time to get a lot of stuff done. I said we'll be working on plans and we've got to have everybody on board.
"The County stepped up and we were able to get a grading permit to start grading for the track and then we submitted the plans."
Dianda explained his biggest challenge was time and he expressed appreciation for Washoe County and all the other agencies that got on board with the project.
"Everybody that has anything to do to put on an event like that got involved and made a commitment they'd make it happen," he said. "Time was of the essence, we had to work overtime and do a lot of things that if we would have had more time it would have been easier but hey, you've got to deal with what's dealt to you if you're going take advantage of something. We were able to accomplish it and Lucas put in the first set of grandstands. Last year they put in another set and they're going to enlarge those this year to where they've got the platform on top where you can put your VIP tents."
The project is a partnership between Q&D and Lucas Oil. Building and expanding is the responsibility of the local company while Lucas Oil provides the grandstands, pads and other things that pertain to making the event happen.
"It's been a good partnership," he said. "We didn't make any money and had to watch expenses. We're not in the black by a long shot but it's a great event, provides for the community and little by little we're starting to develop more events that'll take place up there."
The facility itself remains a work in progress and Dianda explained they are planning to expand the events that can use the facility.
"Rod Hall is going to put on a driving deal up there. He's going to build a driving course for stock vehicles right off the racetrack and do some stuff on the track," he said. "We're going to get a second Lucas race at the end of May or the (June 1). Then we're going to have another one in August and then we're probably going to have a regional (VORRA) race in September."
While both Lucas Oil events are scheduled to be night shows, track general manager Kevin Singleton said the first is a test event. Since most teams need a day to tow to the track, the aim is to see if the event can let them have Sunday to get back to their home base.
"They'll look at the May race and see how it goes as far as trying to get crowd there, then determine if they'll stick with that for August," Singleton said. "But that could change back to Saturday and Sunday for the August event."
VORRA (Valley Off Road Racing Association) has already scheduled another race at the facility and in July's "Hell's Gate," is slated for the track. Singleton said the event is a cross between rock crawling and racing more along the lines of the Ultra 4 events.
Singleton added that sometime this summer his crew will take up the dirt on the infield, which has some good size rocks in it, screen all that then put clean dirt back.
"So we can take whole infield out for a flat event," he said.
He also added they are working not to conflict with VORRA's schedule and that group will run some Lucas Oil regional events planned for the area.
Dianda also mentioned if the RSVCA is successful in attracting a heavy equipment convention, part of it might be at the facility so what's on display downtown might be shown in action.
There also has been some talk about either an oval or even a motocross track at the facility.
"It might get serious but we've got to look at it as to how much can we afford to spend," he said. "We've got the basics there now but then from here forward, I've got to start to look at it and say 'hey, I've got to have something come out of it.' There's a point where you draw a line in the sand and say OK I've spent this much now and it's got to start to return."
Another possibility is outdoor concerts. Dianda mentioned the facility's advantage is that it has no neighbors and is just minutes from town.
"The thing about the track is that from downtown Reno it's 15 minutes and from downtown Sparks it's 10 minutes. So it's a great place to have things happen and after the event is over, people can return back to the hotel, go out to dinner, gamble and do what ever they want to do. We've got lots of opportunity, it's going to just take time to keep developing them," he said.
While saying Reno is not a Las Vegas, his desire is to see this area develop better attractions for this type of facility. And as the track develops, its potential area casinos are stepping up as well.
"The Silver Legacy stepped up the first year and again last year. And the Nugget got involved last year as they're looking forward to helping develop other events because they're in a great position, as close as they are to the track," he said. "All of them I'm sure are very interested and they'll do what they can but not everything takes off full speed."
While he's looking at the facility and its costs as a businessman, Dianda is also considering how the track can help the community start to rebound from the current economic hard times.
"It's just going to take a little bit of time to get it developed to its full potential. And hopefully one of these days we'll see a return on our investment and that'll be good," he said. "But at the same time, if we can do anything to spur our economy in northern Nevada and maybe I'll even get a construction job out of it that will also be good."
One positive part of the Lucas Oil events is that they are televised on MAV.TV and he feels that is beneficial to the community.
As Q&D brings in more clean fill dirt to help cap the old land fill, they will also use it to improve the parking area and expand the pits for the upcoming races.
"We've got a lot of advantages so little by little we'll nurture those to be move forward. We want to make this thing into something that'll serve the community as well as bring us a return our investment in the future. We're going to look at everything and we've got the ideal place to do anything if they want to play in the dirt and make some noise," he said.
The first Lucas Oil Off Road series race is scheduled for May 30-31, which will be Friday and Saturday nights.
• For motocross riders wishing to get some seat time, Exit 28 will host practice sessions from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
• The two local riders competing in the AMA Supercross 250 West class got off to a good start on Saturday with Aaron Siminoe and Brian Sjogren finishing their first practice qualifying session first and third. They finished second and third respectively in their second practice qualifying session.
But during the heat races neither finished high enough to transfer into the main. Siminoe's 10th place finish was one shy of what was needed while Sjogren had bad luck and ended up 20th in his heat.
In the LCQ, both finished out of the transfer spots with Siminoe finishing fifth and Sjogren seventh. The next stop is Phoenix on Saturday.


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Free entertainment online is nothing new, but what if you could access a form of entertainment and enrichment over the Internet that others pay thousands of dollars for and that keeps you occupied for weeks at a time?
Self-control, smells and spending
February 20, 2014
Being disorganized can lead to impulse spending, as can buying lottery tickets. Meanwhile, loneliness can cause materialism, and just thinking of how something smells can induce you to buy more.
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February 6, 2014
With all the news recently about data breaches at major U.S. retailers — Target, Neiman Marcus, Michaels — many consumers might wonder if they should subscribe to an identity theft "protection" service.
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January 23, 2014
Would a savvy consumer rather pay 40 cents for a light bulb, or $1.75 or $10?
10 years of columns and thousands of tips
January 9, 2014
The significance of money and wealth goes far beyond material comforts and desires. It goes to the core of human emotions, including security, freedom, self-worth, envy and greed.
A year's worth of financial wisdom
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Credit reports, taking away the checkbook from grandma and the No. 1 supermarket shopping tip you need to know.
Moonlighting is the new money maxim
December 13, 2013
New money wisdom doesn't come along very often — most advice about earning, spending and saving has been the same from the Bible to Benjamin Franklin. But a new financial imperative has slowly emerged in recent years: moonlighting.
Wisdom gleaned from money polls, studies
November 29, 2013
Amid this year's deluge of holiday spending surveys by companies trying to grab some attention, several other recent polls and studies are addressing arguably more important issues, such as financial bullying, money spent on financial literacy and whether "Made in USA" is better.
Mind over math: How best to erase debt?
November 15, 2013
In the debt-advice business, the most confounding question always seems to be: Which debts should consumers pay off first, ones with the highest interest rates or the smallest amounts?
Finding value in 'Made in the USA'
November 4, 2013
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When to ask for, hand over money reins
October 18, 2013
Among the more difficult money challenges in life is knowing when to persuade an aging parent to hand over his or her checkbook — or, if you're the one in your golden years, when to ask for help managing your finances.
Turning conventional wisdom on its head
October 4, 2013
Sometimes conventional wisdom about money and spending can cost you, especially when it's sketchy or flat-out wrong.
Break the spell of spending mindlessly
September 23, 2013
In the wake of the Great Recession and now five years removed from the financial industry meltdown, have Americans changed their spending habits?
Strategies for paying less
September 7, 2013
Retailers spend a lot of time, money and effort to entice you to buy merchandise in their stores. And salespeople are skilled at persuading undecided shoppers to open their wallets, even when they hadn't intended to.
Useful mobile apps that can save you cash
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Websites and smartphone apps can be tremendous resources for spending your money smarter. Problem is, so many new ones crop up that it's difficult to keep up.
Portals open path to back-to-school savings
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This year's back-to-school shopping season is a good time to learn a new online shopping habit and reap free money. It's using rewards "portals."
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Studies show how to be better consumers
June 28, 2013
Would you pay 50 percent more for "organic" firewood? Would you be more willing to buy a used refrigerator if it had an "attractive enamel-coated ferromagnetic exterior?" Would you be more likely to buy juice from a server with a British accent?
Grocery saving tips from couponing stars
June 15, 2013
Grocery-shopping savings advice has become ubiquitous in recent years, but all tips aren't created equal.
Take a healthy look at club costs
May 31, 2013
As spring turns to summer and warm-weather clothing reveals body bulges, many people think about shaping up by joining a health club.
Summer travel? Think beyond airfare
May 17, 2013
As travelers start thinking about winging off to summer vacations, many could learn a few things from expert fliers to ensure they get the best value for their money when booking flights.
Save your way to soft landing in emergencies
May 3, 2013
A basic tenet of personal finance that gets short shrift but can dramatically improve your money life is having a cash emergency fund.
Driving down car debt commitment
April 20, 2013
As the weather heats up, so does action on car dealer lots and showroom floors. Many American consumers will be trying to reconcile their bank account balances with that delightful new-car smell, asking "how much car can I afford?"
Retirees can convert time into money
March 29, 2013
Time and money are inexorably linked through our life stages.
Simple auto repairs pay off
March 1, 2013
A common theme when trying to save money is "do it yourself," but many car owners are hesitant to take that advice and attempt basic maintenance and repairs on their vehicles.
Is direct selling career for you?
February 19, 2013
How would you like to inexpensively start your own business that could, just maybe, lead to bigger money than you're making now? You could work for yourself and work from the comfort of your home.
Financial guidance vs. folly
February 1, 2013
Whom can you trust for money advice?
Balancing insurance needs
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Insurance is not only a fundamental part of most consumers' financial lives, it's also among the most confusing.
Credit scoring myths -- and the facts
January 4, 2013
Perhaps no area of personal finance is more confusing than credit. That's because some of the basic tenets of credit scoring seem illogical.
A year of advice
December 21, 2012
Tiny print that tricks consumers, stuff that used to be free but isn't anymore and gadgets you can install on your car to reduce auto insurance premiums.
School of smarter spending
December 7, 2012
As we scurry about during the highest of all shopping seasons, our money habits will be on full display. Yet the motivations behind how we spend are often hidden, stemming from our most ancient and fundamental human tendencies.
School of smarter spending
December 7, 2012
As we scurry about during the highest of all shopping seasons, our money habits will be on full display. Yet the motivations behind how we spend are often hidden, stemming from our most ancient and fundamental human tendencies.
Find truth in the fine print
November 26, 2012
Mouse print: It's the catch, the gotcha, the bait-and-switch.
Loyalty programs or bust
November 9, 2012
Air-travel lovers take note: If you're not flying free much of the time or flying in luxury — first-class seating, airline club lounges, free checked bags — you're probably not taking advantage of sophisticated strategies to supersize your frequent-flier miles on the cheap.
Safe driver? Consider telematics
October 26, 2012
Like in Lake Wobegon, the fictional place where all the children are above average, most people think they're above-average drivers.
It pays to lay off the layaway
October 12, 2012
Layaway is illogical. Almost nobody should use it for holiday gift purchases this year.
Tax-free toast to your health
September 28, 2012
Do you hate more money?
A season to save
September 14, 2012
"To every thing there is a season," says a passage in the Bible and, much later, lyrics to the hit song, "Turn! Turn! Turn!" made famous by the 1960s folk-rock band The Byrds.
Teaching kids about money
September 1, 2012
Older children want fancy cellphones, vehicles to get around and the latest video games and consoles. And, no doubt, some will want the new LeBron James basketball shoe by Nike that will reportedly sell for $315 per pair.
Giving your trash a purpose
June 22, 2012
Plastic soda bottles, old carpet, out-of-date phone books and lint from the clothes dryer are typical items you might find in any American's trash or recycling bin. For some, however, the line between trash and treasure is fine. They are on America's bandwagon for repurposing or "upcycling."
Get more mileage out of used bike
April 27, 2012
Like new cars, new bicycles depreciate dramatically the moment they leave the cycle shop. So buying used can be a better value for your money, especially if you can score a decent ride for less than $100.
Drive auto insurance lower
November 4, 2011
The ideal way to save money is to exert effort once and automatically reap savings over and over again, every month. That's why examining your car insurance makes a lot of sense.
Don't get taken for a ride on car repairs
September 2, 2011
For consumers, information is power. But smart shoppers can't be expected to be experts in all categories of buying. That's why one of the biggest benefits of using the Internet is to lift the veil of ignorance that leads to bad purchases.
New sites, apps that might be worth consuming
June 3, 2011
Technology is a huge help for consumers to spend money smarter.
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May 31, 2011
Consumers who lease vehicles are confronted with a decision after a few years of ownership. Do I give back the car after the contractual lease period ends, or do I buy it?


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GCLS in Gulfport, Mississippi was a highly successful $9 million dollar operation in 2005. In the 24 hours after Katrina hit business volume plummeted from 50,000 pounds of linen processing per day to zero after the facility lost 25 percent of its roof and sustained building, equipment and vehicle damage, business interruption and motor failures due to power surges.
Most devastating of all GCLS lost its entire customer base overnight. Hotels like the Monteleone, the Hyatt Regency and the Hotel Monaco in New Orleans were wiped out by the storm. The Hyatt alone was a 1,200-room hotel. That's when Gross discovered that he didn't really know the details of his insurance policy.
"We were underinsured for business interruption, our rented vehicles were not covered and we did not have flood insurance as we were not in a flood zone," he says. But ignorance was only part of the problem. Gross learned that his insurance companies would battle him every step of the way to fulfillment of his settlement claims.
Thus began David's fight with Goliath.
"There's an unwritten understanding with insurance companies that they want to see their losses minimized," says Tom Pogue, president of Technology Loss Resources and the expert Gross hired to help him. "They want to see their restoration activities to be about 10 percent of their exposure." In plain English this means if your policy coverage totals $3.5 million, your insurer will probably offer you a $350.000 settlement.
"It's arbitrary, nothing logical," said Gross. "And if I hadn't had Tom Pogue I would have had the fight of my life to get the amount we finally settled for." Gross's own proactive and aggressive approach was another big factor in his successful outcome.
"We took the initiative and did a 3 month, 15,000 page "proof of loss" damage assessment with Tom Pogue," said Gross. In that report they accounted for each and every piece of equipment and provided extreme detail on what needed fixing because Pogue understood whom they were dealing with. Even so the insurance company's designated an "expert" engineering firm (who had no experience with laundry machinery), nitpicked and tried to discredit their report. They then came back with a 3-page report of their own which Pogue calls "laughable."
The tug of war continued for several months while Gross struggled to keep his business afloat. The insurance carrier argued there might have been flood damage but Gross had pictures proving otherwise. Since most of Gross' damage was sustained from wind and not water, he avoided the predicament thousands of Katrina victims face now in court – being destroyed by flood and not having coverage for it.
"We encouraged them [the insurance company] to visit Atlantic City Linen which had similar equipment in use and gave them the numbers of our major manufacturers so they could get information on the industry," says Gross. However, the insurance company only approached Atlantic City Linen where the managers refused to agree with their assessment that GCLS's equipment would have been able to withstand the storm.
In March '06 things came to a head. "We had a settlement conference and I tore the engineer apart," says Gross. "Within 45 minutes the adjuster was in my office and then it ended up being a negotiation between two men." GCLS received a settlement of 2.8 million for their equipment from a 3.4 million claim as well as the full claim amount for business interruption.
Gross also successfully filed a lawsuit against Lloyds of London in January '06 when they failed to provide a timely response to Gross's "proof of loss" under a separate policy. While half of their claims were met in full their claims for delivery carts was denied.
"We filed a claim for over $150,000 in poly trux delivery carts but the claim was denied since we could not prove that they were stolen," says Gross.
The lessons are simple. Examine your insurance contract in great detail, stresses Gross. Make sure that you have adequate coverage in all areas particularly with plant equipment (i.e. replacement value vs. book value.) It's critical that you have sufficient business interruption coverage, that you understand your "proof of loss" criteria and know what is excluded in your policy.
Keep lists and photographs (or videos) of all equipment and your building and get an insurance company rep to come to your office and explain specific procedures that will be followed to process claims in each major area (e.g. building, equipment, vehicles, or loss of income.) In the face of catastrophic loss Gross advises hiring your own expert independent counsel. But most of all be prepared. You may have a fight on your hands.
Currently, Gulf Coast Laundry is buzzing again with the re-opening of Beau Rivage and Grand Casinos Biloxi. They service eight accounts and process over 50,000 lbs a day at the plant with is at capacity on one shift running seven days a week with 100 staff members.
SIDEBAR: Thomas Pogue, Technology Loss Resources, PRESIDENT
Q: What is Proof of Loss?
A: I think it is very important for you to understand the following. And keep in mind this is all my opinion only. Typically, most insurance contracts place the burden on the insured to "prove their loss." Those words are the single most "plausible deniability" used by insurance companies to avoid paying insureds full value of loss.
"Proof of loss" is a very subjective statement in an insurance contract. This term is interpreted by each property adjuster differently. At the end of the day, the way for anyone to prevail on a property claim involving technology or machinery related equipment is to provide a proof of claim that is detailed, objective and defendable in case of litigation.
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The Roosevelt Row Art District, a cultural hotspot in downtown Phoenix best known for its First Friday events, is one of 47 locales nationwide to benefit from a $150,000 ArtPlace grant awarded to the Roosevelt Row Community Development Corporation.
ArtPlace, a national collaboration of 11 major foundations, six large banks and eight federal agencies, received nearly 2,200 letters of inquiry about receiving a portion of the organization's $15.4 million in grant funds.
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"It is made of a community that not only care about having a sustainable and vibrant downtown, but it is made of a community that wants to be part of the process that makes it so," Dach said.
The very dense and diverse community at RoRo is always growing and Esser feels that it is the people in the community who make the area special.
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Vibe, Really? their has to be characters out there with more potential then Vibe.
Vibe, Really? their has to be characters out there with more potential then Vibe.
Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.
The clear reality of the matter is this. The digital market is a new market. There won't be any major cannibalization of the DM, for
the simple fact that the people who frequent comic book shops, will continue to do so.
Pundits in the field can continue to safely talk about the superiority of print to digital, because the DM numbers won't change
by any meaningful degree immediately. There are no new customers coming into comic book shops in any significant numbers.
If there were, we'd see numbers go up, both on monthlies and trades. Looking at numbers from the usual suspects
(Comichron, ICV2, etc.), they aren't. It's basically the same 200,000 to 250,000 people buying everything, in a nation
of 300 million people.
Now they will change in the next 5 years. Because the circulation figures, as people stop reading print comics (from frustration,
anger, apathy, mortality), won't be sustainable. And what it would take to save printed comics, the mainstream aren't prepared
to do, either from a financial, or editorial viewpoint.
Stores that focus exclusively on selling printed content will continue to be around as a niche market, which is what it's been for
quite some time. Trades will eventually be the primary mainstay. Anything above $3.99 an issue will officially kill the American
monthly comic book, especially in the current economy.
Digital is the future, specifically mobile. This truth will be borne out over the next 5 years. According to Cisco in its
Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast Update, released in February of this year, "There will be over 10 billion mobile-connected
devices in 2016... exceeding the world's population at that time (7.3 billion)."
"The numbers include not just phones but tablets, laptops, handheld gaming consoles, e-readers, in-car entertainment systems,
digital photo frames, cameras, and "machine-to-machine modules."
"Global mobile data traffic doubled for the fourth year in a row in 2011, and will grow 18-fold by 2016, hitting 130 exabytes a year
(the equivalent of 33 billion DVDs, 4.3 quadrillion MP3 files, or 813 quadrillion text messages)", Cisco said.
I love comics. Have read them for over 40 years, and written and drawn them for half as long. But the current mainstream direct
market is not a sustainable business model.
Marvel makes a profit on a large majority of the titles they publish.
"The publishing division strived to make a profit on each title in its portfolio. Describing his
divisions performance over 2003, Karyo said: There were only three books that lost some money at
the end of their stint. But more or less, everything we print is profitable. He added: We generally
dont publish anything that has less than a 30% margin. However, there was sufficient room for trial
and error, according to Jemas: We can try new characters at almost no risk. We can put it out, watch
it for a couple of months, and if it doesnt seem to take off, cancel it. We might lose $10,000, but thats
nothing compared to the revenues from the winners among our 60 titles each month.
-Marvel Enterprises, Inc. Harvard Business School Publishing, 2004
This was before the bookstore or digital markets picked up too.
Those are eight year old numbers.
More recent numbers and data can be gleaned from Disney's 2011 Annual Report:
"Marvel businesses are reported primarily in our Studio Entertainment and Consumer Products segments"
Consumer Products
Operating results for the Consumer Products segment are as follows:
Year Ended - October 1, 2011
(in millions)
Licensing and publishing $ 1,933 (that's 1 Billion 933 million dollars)
This is an aggregate of licensing and publishing. No separate figures on publishing for Marvel in the report.
The primary emphasis is on the film division, and revenues generated from "Thor, and Captain America",
along with anticipation for the as yet to be released "Avengers". And we all know how that turned out for them :)
This is the primary paragraph in the AR about Marvel publishing:
"Marvel Publishing creates and publishes comic books, and graphic novel collections of comic books, principally in North
America. Marvel Publishing also licenses the right to publish translated versions of our comic books, principally in Europe and
Latin America. Titles include X-Men, Spider-man, Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, The Avengers and the Incredible
Hulk. Marvel Publishing also generates revenues from the digital distribution of its comic books."
Mainstream comics publishing is still making a profit, and will continue to make a profit. The question is for how long will most
of that profit be from printed product?
As Disney itself states in the risk factors section of it's AR:
Changes in technology and in consumer consumption patterns may affect demand for our entertainment products or the
cost of producing or distributing products.
"The media entertainment and internet businesses in which we participate depend significantly on our ability to acquire, develop,
adopt and exploit new technologies to distinguish our products and services from those of our competitors. In addition, new
technologies affect the demand for our products, the time and manner in which consumers acquire and view some of our
entertainment products and the options available to advertisers for reaching their desired markets. For example, the success of our
offerings in the home entertainment market depends in part on consumer preferences with respect to home entertainment formats,
including DVD players and personal video recorders, as well as the availability of alternative home entertainment offerings and
technologies, including web-based delivery of entertainment offerings. In addition, technological developments offer consumers an
expanding array of entertainment options and delivery vehicles which may include options we have not yet fully developed, or
options we have developed but which entail a smaller return than we realize on traditional options. As a result, the income from our
entertainment offerings may decline or increase at slower rates than our historical experience or our expectations when we make
investments in products."
Disney, of which Marvel is now a subsidiary of, is fully cognizant of the fact that digital as a primary mode of content distribution, is here,
and will only get bigger. What they have to figure out now is how to take advantage of it, while maximizing profits to deal with the massive
amounts of overhead that a multinational corporation entails in it's daily operations.
Their own numbers show that the publishing division is more valuable to them as an IP farm for theatrical releases, and licensing. If they
can make the books more accessible, their digital publishing will generate even more profits over the long run than print ever will, which
will increase the division's profile, and ensure it's continued existence within Disney at large.
Graphic Novels up 53.9% in October; Over-all Up 19.5%"?
I certainly know that this last Saturday in my store, of the 48 transactions I did, only about 9 of them were from "regulars"
DC is launching a Vibe series because someone at Warner hopes that they can turn it into a TV series or movie. It used to be that the anthology series were market research for DC and Marvel's publishing plans... now DC and Marvel's publishing divisions are market research for the TV and film divisions of Warner and Disney.
What is it about Vibe that would make someone at WB, who we know is no expert about comics since then he would no doubt hate Vibe just as much as the rest of us, say "Hey, this Vibe guy would be perfect for a movie. Someone get on the horn with DC and tell them to make Vibe popular." Why would he say that, and how would he even KNOW who Vibe is? This idea that the respective parent companies have a direct hand in the attempts to raise the profile of lesser known characters to groom them for the big or small screen implies that any of these people have a fucking clue who any of these character are AND have reason to believe they could be popular.
No one who actually knows Vibe has ANY reason to believe he could be popular. Even if WB pushed them to raise the profile of a Hispanic character, only through unnatural actual affection for the character would Geoff Johns choose to go with Vibe. Any sane person would tell them they're better off trying with a brand new character than going with Vibe. But for whatever reason Johns wants to do Vibe, and that kind of dedication to turd does not come from a parent company's desire to make movies. It's done in spite of the fact that it will NEVER be a movie.
Thanks. you actually proved my point with the icv2 article. Quoting from the article:
So in other words, more people are buying graphic novels than comics.Graphic novels led the market in comic stores in October, with a whopping 53.9% increase over sales in October 2011. Comics were up 7.4%, bringing an over-all 19.5% increase in the comics and graphic novel market in comic stores in October.
You're absolutely right. Doesn't stop the fact that people are fed up with paying $3.99 for 15 minutes of entertainment. as you yourself
They're about due for a new one.
As always, you make good points, as long as it's kept in a direct market paradigm. But the paradigm shift content producers are experiencing now is global.
And we're just at the beginning of it. As Amazon's Jeff Bezos put it "We're in day one " of the digital revolution.
Things are going to look very different five years from now.
We can agree to disagree, and leave it at that. Thank you for an engaging discussion. I look forward to your future articles.
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I brought up that case study because I wanted to show that comic book publishing is a profitable business and not just an "IP farm" for toys and movies like many commenters like to point out. Whether digital greatly increases sales or not, a comic book from the one of the big is most likely to make a profit. The overhead costs are not that high and even an issue that only sells 15,000 copies a month is still likely to make $10,000 dollars in net profit.
And, of course, about 7% (SEVEN PERCENT!) of books sales in October came from a *single* book: the 2nd TWD Compendium. That's a once-every-four-years $60-each hit that isn't going to be repeated any time soon. NEXT October's book sales are going to be DOWN pretty significantly since that one single book is like a quarter of the growth all by itself.
The single best selling (in the DM) graphic novel in October sold 20k copies. (#2 dropped to 15k, #3 dropped all the way down to just 10k) -- the best selling periodical? Well, I'm throwing that one out, because UNCANNY AVENGERS #1's sales are essentially fiction, But #2 comes in at 171k, #3 at 148k, and #43 at 117k.
Or to put it another way: WALKING DEAD #103, the *ninth* best selling periodical comic book, sold more copies (~75k) all by itself that the ENTIRE SUM of the nine best-selling GNs for the month *combined*... (which, not at all coincidentally, is *why* Kirkman *can* collect the work into strong selling collections. "GNs", by and large, don't exist without serialization allowing them in the first place!)
Yes, of course, pricing is ONE factor (of MANY), but it's not the sole reason, by any means.
What I've ALWAYS said (and firmly believe) is that people will pay "virtually anything" for something that they passionately want -- I've sold enough copies of the $8 LEOG: CENTURY #3 to firmly make it a top 10 comic for my store. No one is complaining about the price. No one is complaining about the $4 price of BATMAN, that I hear -- it is worth that much to the readership, with no real problem.
Conversely, people really REALLY don't want to pay $4 for comics they don't like; or that aren't resonating with them for some other reasons (frequency, tie ins, changing creative, etc etc etc) -- but that's not at ALL the same thing.
Im sure it generates a profit. But relative to what? Video games? Movies? TV? And depending on the book's creative team, 15,000 copies won't cover their fees. You also factor in paper costs(ever rising), administrative costs, etc., I don't think these numbers are viable as a whole for comics' long term survival.
And relative to the movie business, Disney bought Marvel for the IP. It definitely wasn't for the comic books. Download the annual report, and check it out for yourself. Very enlightening. Marvel Comics is part of the Licensing and Publishing division. Their numbers are part of that division, which also includes other printed content. They don't have separate numbers, The comics don't generate enough for that. The comics got a paragraph in the whole report on their own, and they didn't mention separate numbers for them.
All I'm basically saying is that we as an industry need to be more cognizant on what is going on around us. Digital is a freight train that's run over every physical medium it's come in contact with. Why some people think that comics are going to be any different, is amazing to me in the face of the data, and precedent.
Best case scenario (which could happen). Digital brings people to the remaining approx. 2,000 comics only shops, increasing overall sales. For print's sake, I certainly hope this is the case.
But you may want to talk to Tower Records, Borders, and the respective recording and book publishing industries to see how that's working out for them.
I love comics, as I've said previously, I've worked as a professional artist in the industry through a local studio in the '90s -'2000s. I've also managed a comics and video store, and was witness to the speculator implosion, The Marvel Heroes World fiasco, and Blockbuster moving into the mall around the corner from us, which was the final nail that
shut us down.
I have friends that currently own one of the biggest, most well stocked shops in our area (Yo Showcase!). They're going to be fine, regardless of what happens, because they're not just dependent on comics.
I don't want anyone to lose their livelihood, doing what they love. As someone whose been through it, it's not fun. A learning experience, but not fun.
Lesson learned: When a storm is coming, you prepare so you can survive it, and print comics as a whole are not prepared. That's really all I'm saying. Thanks for the dialogue.
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The US JV between SABMiller and Molson Coors said earlier today (14 February) that its net profits in 2012 came in 18.6% up on 2011, hitting US$1.19bn. Net sales in the 12 months to the end of December were up by 2.8% to $7.76bn.
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